Who Should I Trade?

Spencer Jones for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 343	# 287
VBR	# 1289	# 1094

Projections

Runs	1	8
Home Runs	0	3
RBI	1	9
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.179	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 289	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	# 451

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 159

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	104

Runs	11	10

Hits	18	23

Singles	11	14

Doubles	3	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	5

RBI	6	13

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	12

Strikeouts	38	43

Batting Average	.188	.221

On Base Pct	.310	.302

Slugging Pct	.333	.404

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	63

Runs	1	8

Hits	1	14

Singles	1	8

Doubles	0	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	1	9

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	1	6

Strikeouts	2	26

Batting Average	.179	.220

On Base Pct	.249	.293

Slugging Pct	.283	.413

On-base Plus Slugging	.533	.705

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with one home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Spencer Jones went 1-for-2 in a win over the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Reds outfielder Will Benson slugged a pinch-hit, game-tying home run in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Spencer Jones will get "a lot" of playing time in left field. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Reds outfielder Will Benson hit a pinch-hit two-run homer in a 13-2 loss to the Rockies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th	The Yankees recalled Spencer Jones from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN			Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Spencer Jones for Will Benson (2026)

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